Decline of the Movement

  • Its fate was decided by the action of members ofCongress and Khilafat procession in Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district of U.P. on 5 February 1922.
  • Irritated by the behavior of some policemen, a section of the crowd attacked them. In all twenty-two policemen were dead.
  • On hearing of the incident, Gandhi decided to withdraw the movement and on 12 February 1922, the Non-Cooperation Movement came to an end.
  • Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Bose were disappointed by this decision.

Was Gandhi Right in Withdrawing from the Movement?

  • Gandhi had repeatedly warned that he did not want any non-violent movement in any ....
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